How to take screenshot in MX Player

How to take screenshot in MX Player

Mx Player is best known video player of any OS presently used. To take snapshot / or screenshot of the video while playing on the player, do the following steps:

Step 1: Pause the video playback where you have to take screenshot. Don't minimize the player, just pause.

Step 2: Simultanously press power key and volume down key of your device until a notification saying 'Saving screenshot' appears.

Step 3: Ohh.. There is no step 3. Go to/sdcard/pictures/screenshot/ folder and avail the screenshot of the video where you have paused.

Note:

When you press pause button in the player, the user interface such as playback seek bar, notification bar with time and pending notification of apps, and battery status will be shown. Now tap anywhere else on the screen to switch to full view mode of the video.

More about the player:

The player does not support taking screenshot by its own. We have to pause the playback and take the snapshot.

You may have a question in your mind. 'Can I have the same in other video player? I use 'X' Player instead of Mx Player. Can I?'

The answer is 'Yes, you can.' It is the feature supported by the OS level. Whatever app you are running above it, it doesn't matter at all.

All you may ask like 'How to establish the same in iPhone / iPad?'. There are nice apps available to do the same in iTunes store. Purchase it, and use.

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How to hide mx player app in Android

Hiding a video or folder which contains video are thing of past. Now the trend goes on hiding the video player (most probably MX Player) from app menu. In this blog post, I have listed some of the famous app hiding softwares of android.


1. App Hider

App hider (go to : http://apphider.com/ ) is one of the app hiding app built for android. Hide MX Player from app launcher using App Hider. Hide any application in a safe password protected hidden area.

Click here to visit App Hider: http://apphider.com/

2. Go Launcher Ex app

After you install 'Go Launcher Ex app', apply it as default launcher for your device. Then you will have full access over the apps to hide or show in menu.

Click here to download Go Launcher Ex app

3. AppLock

AppLock is a security tool available from 9Apps official. Like any other app, it also performs good in hiding apps from android launcher.

Go here : http://www.9apps.com/android-apps/APPLock/

4. Smart App Lock

When it comes to hiding, one has to compromise on security. But to maintain high security, go for Smart App Lock. As the name itself suggests, the app is smart enough that it tightly binds to the core android security system and thus provides better locking of apps from the wrong hands.

Go here for download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sp.protector.free&hl=en

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